THE BATTLE OF HIGHWAY 62 IS ONE OF THE MOST FIERCE IN THE AREA A MERE SEVEN MILES SEPARATES PRAIRIE GROVE AND FARMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S ALWAYS THE BIGGEST GAME OF THE YEAR FOR BOTH TEAMS IN ANY SPORT. IT CAN GET NASTY ... BUT THE MAN YOU'RE ABOUT TO MEET -- WAS ABLE TO BRING BOTH SIDES TOGETHER WITH ONE SHOT. IT'S NEW TONIGHT. VERY FEW TIMES WILL YOU SEE THE HOME CROWD ERUPT LIKE THIS "Oh my gosh!" AFTER A 64-56 - LOSS. "Oh my goodness." ESPECIALLY IN A GAME AS BIG AS THIS TG "There's a lot of energy, especially for the fans." "It's intense." "It's loud and it's packed." THIS PRAIRIE GROVE- FARMINGTON MATCHUP WAS NO DIFFERENT FOR SENIOR MANAGER MCKAY GREGSON. HE'S BEEN THROUGH THEM BEFORE - WORKING WITH THE TEAM SINCE SEVENTH GRADE. LG "He asks me a hundred questions a week, well, if we win this week, what happens then?' So he's really into it." BUT SOMETIMES THE MAN WITH THE MOST SPIRIT ISN'T ALWAYS GRACED WITH THE BEST ABILITIES. MCKAY HAS 22-Q-11 SYNDROME - A DISORDER A LOT LIKE AUTISM. HE HAS TROUBLE LEARNING, FOCUSING AND SOCIALIZING. THE CONDITION KEPT HIM OFF THE COURT COMPLETELY - UNTIL THAT GAME - SENIOR NIGHT HIS LAST REGULAR SEASON GAME IN A TIGER UNIFORM. LG "You felt like something special was going to happen. You just didn't think it was going to be what it ended up being." AS THE GAME WOUND DOWN - MCKAY HADN'T MADE AN APPEARANCE. HIS MOM GRETCHEN THOUGHT - THIS MIGHT BE IT. GG "I just thought, okay, there's no way it can happen. It's done, just deal with it." BUT WITH LESS THAN 10 SECONDS LEFT --- "Here comes McKay" THE CROWD FAVORITE STEPPED ONTO THE FLOOR. "He said hey, put McKay in. So I went in." GRETCHEN - HIS DAD LYNN AND HIS BROTHER TY WHO FLEW IN FOR HIS BROTHER'S LAST GAME FINALLY GOT TO SEE MCKAY PLAY. LG "It was just a very special experience." AND WOULD YOU KNOW IT HE EVEN GOT TO THROW UP A THREE POINTER. "Nail it buddy" JUST A LITTLE SHORT. BUT THEN - FARMINGTON'S JEREMY MUELLER GAVE MCKAY ANOTHER CHANCE. "I stepped back right around here." "Oh and they pass it back." THERE ARE TIMES WHEN EVEN THE THICKEST RIVALRIES TAKE A BACK SEAT TO SOMETHING BIGGER TG "Any tension, animosity, anger - nothing in the room." MCKAY HAS SEEN MOMENTS LIKE THIS FROM THE SIDELINES NOW - HE'S LIVED IT. "It just felt wonderful." AND HIS FAMILY HAS TOO. GG "When you have a kid with special needs, you watch your other kids in school get to have special moments and have recognition and things like that. So sometimes your heart breaks when your special kid doesn't get to have those times. So the fact that he got a moment like that for him to treasure for the rest of his life is really heart-warming for all of us." WHEN WE TALKED TO MCKAY -- HE WAS ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO THEIR NEXT GAME. PRAIRIE GROVE WILL PLAY AT FARMINGTON THIS WEEK IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE DISTRICT PLAYOFFS.